Independence Movement Quiz (World)

The nation created after World War II as a homeland for displaced Jews was

• Palestine

• Soviet Union

• Czech

• Africa

Which claim about South Africa in 1991 is best supported by the evidence in these charts?

• the Boers outnumbered the British in South Africa

• the black population has decreased due to emigration

• Asians controlled a greater proportion of income in comparison to their population

• The majority of the population was Black but the whites controlled the largest amount of income

Prior to 1947, the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League worked together seeking to end

• Nonviolence

• religious diversity

• foreign rule

• nonalignment

Mohandas Gandhi’s protests during India’s independence movement were often successful because of his application of

• an appeasement policy

• peaceful civil disobedience

• traditional caste beliefs

• divide-and-conquer principles

The original goal of Pan-Africanism was to

• demand democratic reforms

• encourage ethnic rivalry

• promote a united Africa no matter the border

• divide Africa into separate countries

Analyze the map. The current political boundaries of African nations have been most influenced by

• the topographic features of the continent

• the patterns of European colonialism of divide and conquer

• traditional African language groups

• the location of ancient African tribal kingdoms

One way in which apartheid in South Africa and the caste system in India are similar is that both systems

• allowed for educational opportunities

• determined roles based on gender

• revolved around central religious beliefs

• enforced different sets of rules for distinct groups of people

What was one factor that contributed to the downfall of apartheid in the Republic of South Africa?

• The African National Congress was outlawed

• Afrikaners demanded that only they should have ruling power.

• Worldwide pressure, many foreign countries boycotted South African products.

• President de Klerk and Desmond Tutu were imprisoned.

Since the 1980s, the major source of the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Arabs has been

• the presence of Israeli ships in the Suez Canal

• the interference of Libya in Middle Eastern affairs

• A fight between Palestinian Arabs and the Jewish for their land

• Soviet support for radical Arab groups in occupied territories

What country did East Pakistan turn into when they became independent?

• Africa

• Bangladesh

• South America

• India